The manager explained everything to Author Smith. Author Smith immediately told the manager to follow what the guests wanted. If they wanted to check out and refund, just give it to them. If the guests wanted to cancel the reservation, let them have their way.
The hotel that had trust issues would face bankruptcy. People would not stay there anymore. Author Smith clicked his tongue. He rubbed his temples. He immediately asked his assistant to call Andrew Smith.
First try... No answer... Second try... Still no answer... Finally, on the third try, someone answered it. But it was a female voice. Author Smith snatched the phone from his assistant.
"Who is this?" The female voice sounded hoarse.
"Getting Andrew Smith on the call. Tell him that it is his father calling him." Author Smith stated.
"Oh... Yes... Yes... Wait a moment." The female voice stated.
Then, Author Smith and his assistant could hear that the female tried to wake up Andrew Smith.
"Andrew... Andrew... Wake."
"What? Do you want more?"
"No... Your father is calling you. You should answer this call."
"Huh? My father?"
Then, Author Smith heard Andrew Smith answer his call.
"Dad, what happened? Why are you suddenly contacting me?" Andrew Smith asked.
"I am asking you to manage the hotel properly. But what have you done?" Author Smith shouted in anger.
"What?" Andrew Smith did not understand.
"Check the internet by yourself. Then, come back home tonight." Author Smith did not give any time for Andrew Smith to respond. He hangs out the phone.
Andrew Smith, who did not understand what his father meant, stared at the phone. The female with Andrew Smith heard the conversation between the father and son, not because she wanted to but because the father's voice was too loud that they did not have to use the loudspeaker mode.
She checked the internet as the father said. She was surprised when she found out the news.
"Andrew, look at this." The female showed it to Andrew Smith.
Andrew Smith who wanted to sleep just now, opened his eyes wide when he read the news. He snatched the phone from the female's hand. He frowned as he read more. How could this be? How did this information leak? No one should know about these.
His father would be angry about this. He needed to go and talk to his father. He needed to clear himself from this accusation.
"I am leaving." Andrew Smith immediately dressed up leaving his female companion stunned.
He drove back to his family home. As he expected, he would see the people that he did not want to see here. His older brother and his younger brother were sitting in the living room with the whole family members. His grandfather was also present. Everyone turned to Andrew when he stepped into the house.
"Andrew Smith, come here and explain to me what happened!" His grandfather, Austin Smith called Andrew Smith.
"Grandfather, father. I have been framed." Andrew Smith said.
Of course, he would not dare to admit his mistake. He would lose everything.
"Then, how could this happen? That hotel is under your supervision. How could someone install the camera in the perfect hide? They must do a good job then." Alex Smith, Andrew Smith's older brother chuckled.
"From the angles in the video, you can see there were a lot of cameras had been installed in the room." Asher Smith, Andrew Smith's younger brother chimed in.
Andrew Smith glared at both of them. These two guys could not wait to see him fall down.
"Andrew, you should admit your wrongdoings. Do you know we received the evidence that clearly shows that you are involved in this scheme?" Austin Smith smacked the table.
Andrew Smith's pupils contracted. 'Evidence? Who?'
"You must be asking who sent the evidence to us, right?" Author Smith sighed.
Of course, Andrew Smith wanted to know.
"Do you hear about the hacker, Q?" Author Smith asked. "What do you do to irke his anger?"
Q? The hacker who just started to appear? He became famous for hacking into government services effortlessly. Andrew Smith did not remember to do something that could invite Q's anger toward him.
"Grandpa, Dad, trust me. I know nothing. I don't think I did anything to that Q." Andrew Smith said.
"Whether you do anything to Mr Q or not is not the current problem right now." Alex Smith said. "We should think how to explain to the public about this."
"Can we just explain it is just a misunderstanding?" Andrew Smith suggested.
Everyone turned to look at Andrew Smith. They used the glare like asking, 'Are you stupid or what?'
"Q probably have another piece of evidence about your wrongdoings." Asher Smith sneered.
Andrew Smith glared at Asher Smith.
"What? Why are you glaring at me like that? You should think about how to tackle this situation. Otherwise, you will lose your title as the candidate to inherit the Smith Family." Asher Smith said.
Thinking about that, Andrew Smith became pale. No... He could not let this happen.
"We need to calm down the public first." Alex Smith said.
"Yes." Austin Smith nodded.
Alex Smith contacted the reporter to respond to the news.
Author Smith told their family public relation department to post something on their official social media. He did not want the public think that they were silent because they were afraid to admit their wrongdoings.
"We will investigate this matter thoroughly. Please wait for it."
Andrew Smith looked at the statement. He was not satisfied with this statement.
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